The Pirates made three errors in the first two innings, which led to three unearned runs.

Right fielder Brad Hawpe let a bloop hit bounce past him, third baseman Pedro Alvarez flubbed a high popup and second baseman Neil Walker overthrew 6-foot-4 first baseman Garrett Jones. A wild pitch by Burnett allowed another run to score.

Burnett had a bumpy spring debut. He allowed four runs and three hits in two innings.

Jeff Niemann started and pitched a scoreless 1st inning. Jeremy Hellickson went 1.2 scoreless innings, and earned the win.